minimani: reference web assets with a cache busting suffix in a json file

For small web projects installing and configuring Webpack, or even Gulp or Grunt, can sometimes be overkill. A handful npm scripts could be enough. Minimani will reference files in a manifest file appending a timestamp to them and deleting the previously referenced one.

Installation

Examples

Cleancss contatenates and minifies your css to a new file called index.min.css located in a css folder; minimani will then use that file to create the following manifest file:

{"index.css": "css/index.min.1547379363884.css"}

If you have multiple entry points to your project with, for instance, a js file for a dashboard application as well as one for a client app, you can branch out the json and pretty-print it along the way. minimani -p dashboard:index.js:css/index.min.js will generate: